C.J. Cregg

Claudia Jean Cregg (1959-) was White House Press Secretary from 1999 to 2005 and Chief of Staff from 2005 to 2007.

Biography
Claudia Jean Cregg was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1959, the daughter of a math teacher. A National Merit Scholar, she attended Williams College and the University of California, Berkeley. She worked for the Triton Day public relations firm before working for Josiah Bartlet's 1998 presidential campaign, and she served as his Press Secretary. After Leo McGarry suffered a heart attack at Camp David in 2005, she succeeded him as White House Chief of Staff, but her lack of foreign policy experience led to her role being criticized. Despite this, she grew into her role, solving the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Under President Matt Santos, she served as Special Counselor to the President.